Biography & Autobiography - General

A compelling and inspirational true story of a father's plight and fight for his only child and the nightmares of dealing with his domestically violent ex-wife and a biased court system that tried to chase him away.Author: William StonekingISBN-10: 1430301988ISBN-13: 9781430301981Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/26/2006Pages:...

Documents Relating to New-England Federalism, 1800-1815 by Henry Adams is a collection of primary source documents that provides insight into the political and social climate of New England during the early 19th century. The book is divided into three parts, each of which focuses...

This story has been written to identify who these people were in their life in badlands and on the plains of Eastern Montana by providing a cameo of their daily life. It proposes a study of the factors that led to the development of...

Don't believe the lie is a book put together by Debbie Petrie, wife of Tom. The book is of all of Tom's journals as he went through a treatment center in Vancouver British Columbia. Based on the 12 step recovery program of Alcoholics Anonymous...

This is an inspirational book to inspire and encourage every reader who read this-prophetic, appointed, and as well as anointed. It expresses everyday life experiences and challenges that majority of us through in our everyday living. I have written this book for all who...

This novel includes a contemporary history with biographical and historical background. Love, struggle and passion through war and peace. A thrilling adventure of good and bad times. Humorous and sad at the same time.The people and their destinies pass in front of the reader...

In this autobiography, author Blair Farish takes a charming journey through the exciting travel adventures he has experienced. The Frolicking Physio tells tales that span from his childhood near the small village of Dunscore in southern Scotland to his beloved country home near Cranbrook...

The History of Clyffe House Five Generations of Muskoka Hospitality is a unique story about the oldest resort in Muskoka run continuously by the same family. The story, as told by the current owner, David Scott, is a powerful testimony to the value of...

Demetrius Moutsiakis is just twenty years old and already in his first year of medical school at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Life is good, and he's looking forward to a promising career as a doctor. As a Greek-American in...

The author tells of his growing up in the spectacular mountains of Colorado on the Two-Bar Ranch. Life there provides the backdrop for the funny, wild, and sometimes heart wrenching events he and his brothers come upon. They encounter right and wrong, life and...

Are you gifted? Are you the best at what you do? One of the most difficult concepts for us to accept is the fact that as multi-talented as we may be and as competetive as we may be to achieve the best, there is...

Providing hope and inspiration for a more purposeful life in a troubled world, My Memoirs narrates the life story of Mary Webb Wray who was born in 1917 in Boydton, Virginia. Written at the age of ninety-two with the help of her son, Frank,...

From Buenos Aires to Paris to New Orleans, Mike and Barbara Bivona have traveled and danced throughout the world. And in this memoir and travelogue, these two dance aficionados share their adventures and experiences. Ballroom dancers for more than twenty years, the Bivonas have...

In Flora Season's debut work, Scattered Pieces, she recounts her odyssey of being a child who grows up dealing with the effects of witnessing her mother being battered. Today, Season is an educator who uses her classroom as her mission field. She hopes to...

Brian and his two brothers, Jimmy and John, seem to have a normal life. But even the image of normalcy is swept away when their mother dies of cancer. With their father in state prison for theft, the brothers are sent to live with...

Alexine was a well-heeled Dutch lady with connections to the Dutch Royal family. She was born in The Hague in1835 and lived there for the first two decades of her life. Both she and her mother loved to travel. They traveled widely within Europe...

In his memoir, Time of Terror-Road to Revival, Jacob G. Wiener delivers a virtual tour of what life was like for a teenager during the decisive years when Hitler amassed power and incited the populace to adopt his worldviews. Supplying accurate historical and political...

Join Sly on his adventures in an amazing life from his early days growing up in the mountains of West Verginia on a farm to his days in the Air Corp preparing for World War II and training on B-17 Bombers. Later join him...

Elkhorn High was an unlikely place for a championship track team to emerge. It had no facility except for a horse training roadway on the edge of the county fairgrounds. And it had no track program until 1954. Spilling over from the baseball team...

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have...

This lively story covers three immigrant families who came to the United States in the 19th century to make new lives, and a fourth clan already living in the states. The Ashers arrived from Scotland, the Rust-Hanson family from Norway, and Simon Seigel from...

Author: Igor KarmiloffISBN-10: 1425999034ISBN-13: 9781425999032Publisher: Authorhouse UKLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/30/2008Pages: 156Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.52lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.36d

Author: Emiel W. OwensISBN-10: 142599766XISBN-13: 9781425997663Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/2008Pages: 176Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.59lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.41d

'Never Ask Me About My Family' is the story of a mother and daughter trying to find stability amidst the maelstrom of their times. The story begins in the 1970s in post-colonial West Africa. Salimatou, a poverty-stricken woman, lives in social milieux dominated by...

Heart, Head, or Hormones? is exactly like its author - On the surface, you see a happy cheerful exterior, but if you dig a little deeper, you will realize there is much more than meets the eye. Peel away each layer and learn a...

This book was never intended to be a theological study of the Roman Catholic priesthood. Nor does it attempt to explain the moral, doctrinal, and disciplinary philosophy of a Church now struggling to locate a compass that will help re-discover its leadership and restore...

This unique innovative and rare collection of poetry and autobiographical writing from a diverse group of black and mixed-race women is the second of its kind in the UK. These creative writers take us on a journey and offer us a preview of their...

EASILY THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL BOOK OF THE YEAR! The True Story of the World's Oldest and Healthiest Cured Bulimic. The remarkable (nearly unbelievable) story of a man plagued with obesity from early childhood. A man who spent 23 years excessively dieting, fasting, exercising, and...

Author: Flo CutcherISBN-10: 1425984223ISBN-13: 9781425984229Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/22/2007Pages: 112Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.28lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.27d

Momodou Sabally's Memoirs of his UEP experience is a lively, readable narrative. It moves quickly and draws, or rather teases, the reader forward through three years of ups and downs in the story of the author's "coming of age" as a scholar in the...

A Sentinels Journal is a thought provoking story of one mans life, as he relentlessly atempts to push the boundary of the human minds ability to find reason". An emotive and truthfull account of the difficulties he faced, when he looked deeper into his...

Daughters of Arch Street: A Double Memoir, an extraordinary memoir, a story about a mother's and daughter's relationship, and their individual experiences while growing up on Arch Street, a neighborhood they both grew up in. Through storytelling a mother and daughter will come to...

As an adopted child, I soon realized my life was good. I didn't feel abandoned by the birth parents I never knew. I was just a few days old when my adoptive parents took me to my new home, a small town in Ohio....

ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY This is the true story of Canadian stroke survivor Peter Fee, a mature, professional businessman whose life was drastically impacted when he suffered a stroke in his 50th year. Peter has since been undergoing the process of rehabilitation at...

Taken is the autobiography of Alwin "Bobby" Watts. It covers the first 15 years of his life, eight of them in care homes. He tells his story in his own inimitable style and recounts many events, both amusing and shocking. These pages contain the...

Two 8's, Two 3's, Nothing Wild is the inspiring, entertaining, true story about how one middle-class American man lived ten distinctive lives and the most important lessons each one taught him. Written in the anecdotal storytelling style that won Dr. Stephenson wide acclaim as...

Take heed America there are progressive changes happening you may not like. However, the author does leave the reader with a solution. Michael Solomon is just an ordinary independent citizen who has had enough of the rhetoric from politicians on both sides of the...

Author: Elizabeth WarrenISBN-10: 1425962491ISBN-13: 9781425962494Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/12/2006Pages: 120Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.41lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.28d

Imagine crossing your child across the street to play with his friends. You let go of his hand after it's safe to cross. You remember his little face as he looks back at you with a warm smile and waves to you "see you...

At last, the answers detailing why New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison and the U.S. Justice Department refused to investigate Mafia boss Carlos Marcello in connection with the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The true story of official corruption and deception over decades...

From Bill Carter's remembrances both written and oral, C.R. Galluzzo puts into context his early life with the history that surrounded him and his family. Through the Montana Homestead Boom and Bust, the Great Depression and World War II, C.R. Galluzzo tells the story...

Tales from Sandfly is the experiences of Rusty Danforth, who comes to Savannah to start life over. "Adopted" by the locals of Sandfly, a nearby town where, while using the pub/city hall as his base, he becomes familiar with the "unique" lifestyle found only...

Filling in the Empty Spaces is a personal testimonial of faith and the resilience of the human spirit. Bryan Edney takes us on his journey of transitioning from the depths of personal opposition to the heights of spiritual triumph. What makes a man born...

"In 1957, I left Gettysburg College and went into the Marine Corps. In 1959, I left the Marine Corps and returned to Gettysburg College. Between the time I left college and returned, I faced seventeen weeks in Paris Island, visited fifteen cities around the...

In this delightful memoir of short stories and essays, the author uses the rural wisdom he gained in his youth to explain time, forgiveness, and the crush of change; and applies it the challenge of life in the big city. Here, there is history...

Author: Ray L. BurdeosISBN-10: 1425955614ISBN-13: 9781425955618Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/15/2006Pages: 132Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.77lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d

Surviving the loss of a child is a horror that no parent should have to face. Sadly, it happens every day. I faced this horror on June 30, 2002 when my son was killed in a car accident at the very young age of...

In this book the reader will discover that we all have the ability, in a matter of minutes, to destroy the people we love most. Based on a shocking true story, A State of Nine One One is an account of facts that everyone...

Author: Victor H. ThompsonISBN-10: 1425952011ISBN-13: 9781425952013Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/18/2007Pages: 236Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.77lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.54d

Black Diamonds is a series of vignettes depicting moments from the author's childhood in a coal mining town in Eastern Kentucky and her adolescence during the war years in Louisville. Barnes' rich memories breathe life into the time and place of her past, and...